Home Video: Documentaries are best bets this week

5:05 PM,
Apr. 22, 2014

This undated illustration depicts President Abraham Lincoln making his Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa., Nov. 19, 1863. The cemetery commemorates soldiers who died in the American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg in July. (AP Photo)

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Todd Hill
News Journal

The all-or-none temperament of the home-video release calendar is on full display this week, featuring for some reason the fewest new titles since back around Christmas. Accordingly, this week's column is relatively short, the better to make room for next week, which, naturally, will be jam-packed with new releases.Television

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has a years-long association with public television, which seems best suited to his methodical storytelling. His historical explorations may feel somewhat inert, stylistically, but he traditionally delves deep into his ...